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Author: Guido Schneider, Aspera

Guido Schneider was an SAP licensing expert at Aspera until June 2020.
After more than 25 years of SAP ERP/ECC, it's time to say thank you. SAP's success is also the success of the SAP community. The ERP provider has done many things right. No reason not to ask a question in the future.
The S/4 migration not only brings technological advantages, it also offers opportunities to renew outdated processes. Interesting: Bringing the license portfolio up to date with Contract Conversion and disposing of legacy processes.
All SAP customers are facing extensive S/4 migration projects and contract conversions. These can be managed with the combination of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) and strategic license management.
Surrounded by walls of legally questionable clauses and numerous stumbling blocks - which he can only escape with excessive payments - the SAP customer faces the mission of escaping SAP unscathed.
For months, DSAG and SAP have been in talks about how to deal with the contentious issue of the "NetWeaver Foundation For Third Party Applications" in the future.
Is SAP financing its new strategy through hidden price increases for existing customers? Some people are reminded of Harry Potter when they try to find their way unscathed up the magical stairs in Hogwarts Castle - but they suddenly and unexpectedly change direction.
What is indirect use? Which licenses should one buy? With the change of the description for SAP NetWeaver Foundation for Third Party Applications in the Price and Conditions List (PKL) 2016/2, the confusion has increased.
SAP has always left it up to customers to allocate SAP user licenses manually in accordance with the agreement (contract). Vague descriptions of what an SAP user may and may not do with a license type do not make the allocation any easier.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork. All information about the event can be found here:

SAP Competence Center Summit 2024

Venue

Event Room, FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
At the exhibition center 2,
A-5020 Salzburg

Event date

June 5 and 6, 2024

Regular ticket:

€ 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Event Room, Hotel Hilton Heidelberg,
Kurfürstenanlage 1,
69115 Heidelberg

Event date

28 and 29 February 2024

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
The organizer is the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes the attendance of all lectures of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2024, the visit of the exhibition area, the participation in the evening event as well as the catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due time.